The show is on exhibit in Mexico City through Aug. 23
Aztlán: Tunel del Tiempo, an exhibition at the national galleries of the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, features work by Beatriz Cortez, professor of Chicana/o/x Studies in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis.
Curated by UC San Diego Professor Ruben Ortiz Torres, and by Pitzer College Professor Jesse Lerner in collaboration with LACMA curator Rita Gonzalez, the exhibition brings together a comprehensive installation of Latinx contemporary art from Los Angeles to Mexico City. The exhibition includes Cortez’s "Stela XX (Absence)," which was created for the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, "The Argonaut, after Pakal (2018)" and "Chac Mool, after Mayapan (2021)."
On July 30, Cortez will be in conversation with Daniela Lieja during the Encuentro Internacional de Arte Chicanx, a multi-day gathering of artists and scholars, at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. The talk, "From transtemporal narratives to transborder territories," will be moderated by Joshua Sánchez.
The panel aims to be a reflection on the intersections between artistic practices, curating and research within the context of contemporary Chicano and Latinx art, according to the event's press release.
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